Gar, have you read the comics, or are you just reading it now? I'm getting mine from the library, so I don't have access to the unbound comics. I think it's really good storytelling and very well-done art in a setting I almost always enjoy.

I read the same bound ones you read volumes one and two. They were in Borders last year, and I read them in store.Like you I would love to read the third volume.

I agree that it is good storytelling.

I am moving so I'm purging a bunch of stuff.

If anyone is interested in a free, hardcover copy of A Kiss of Shadows by Laurel K. Hamilton, e-me at my profile address.

Ooh, I never knew you could order those posters! I wonder if teachers can get a discount, because baby, what GREAT decorations for my future classrooms!

Erin. You can get a discount if you are an ALA member. Or if you get your school librarian who is quite possibly a school librarian, to order them for you.

So, I bought the new LKH Merry Gentry novel, because I really needed a wallow.

And, to my surprise, it's better than the last one, and actually has a plot. The downside is that Merry has joined Anita in the Superpower Of The Novel club, with every installment making her less and less vulnerable to anything.

So, if you need to check your mind for an hour or so, if you find Laurell K. Hamilton acceptable mind-candy, go for it.

deborah, I know you are having a hell of a couple of weeks, so I thought I would just post this here in hopes that you will see it sooner or later.

'Weaver' went to both my grandmother and great-aunt for christmas, both of whom are voracious and discerning readers. They both called me separately in the last few days (grandma in WI and aunt in CA) to tell me how much they liked the book.

This is quite a rarity, neither are phone people and I can't remember the last time they called for something other than birthdays.

Grandma says that she really cared about the characters which is to her the most important thing in any book, and she loved the language. Both were happy to hear of future installments (good for me, future present ideas!). I haven't had a chance to read the copy I got for myself, but I thought I would pass the praise along! Much -ma sent your way for everything.

If anyone is waiting for The Battle of Evernight (Book 3 in The Bitterbynde Trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton) to come out in paperback, I wanted to let you know it's out now. The only reason I'm posting this is because Amazon has no listing for a paperback on this book, not even a release date. I happened upon it at Barnes & Noble.

And, to my surprise, it's better than the last one, and actually has a plot. The downside is that Merry has joined Anita in the Superpower Of The Novel club, with every installment making her less and less vulnerable to anything.

Eh, I'll wait for paperback.

Teppy, why did I think you had already read American Gods?

Teppy, why did I think you had already read American Gods?

I don't know. I remember a Gaiman discussion a while back, where everyone talked about their First Gaiman Book, etc. So far I've only read Coraline, some Sandman, 1602, and most of American Gods. (I just got to the part where Shadow dies -- although I'm wondering if it's permanent, and nobody tell me yes or no, because I'm almost finished reading it!)

So I bought Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey, because so many people had said it was good, and the cover blurbs claimed it would appeal to me me me (as a Dunnett and McKillip fan).

Except...

I'm bored. It's slow, it's boring, the parade of characters is endless, nothing happens, and it's boring. Did I mention it's boring?

Also I'm a whitebread vanilla middle-American who doesn't deserve to be a Buffista, because I'm squicked and discomfited by the sex. Particularly the anguisette factor. Particularly the rape factor. Even if it's technically not.

So yeah. I got to the point where Phedre has her first official customer, and put it down.

... Anybody want it?